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Bull World Health Organ 2010;88:795–796 | doi:10.2471/BLT.09.070821796 Perspectives education campaigns may help to address stigma, to obtain support for suicide pre- vention activities and to work towards de- criminalizing the behaviour. This clearly requires a long-term approach, involving frequent consultation with local research- ers and stakeholders. Perhaps the best approach to stimu- lating a suicide prevention agenda in Asia and the Pacific is to concurrently encourage basic research (e.g. collection of mortality and morbidity data from controlled areas; identification of main risk-factors from consecutive samples of attempters; qualitative studying of sui- cide victims) and intervention practices (e.g. treatment for “at risk” populations; establishing a national suicide prevention agenda). However, reflecting the diverse range of cultural, social and economic backgrounds in the area, these strate- gies need to be innovative, low-cost and sensitive to local traditions and values. Researchers also need to allow appropri- ate time for piloting and evaluating these initiatives, so as to create an empirically reviewed basis from which to establish suicide prevention strategies. ■ Corrigendum In volume 88, Number 9, September 2010, p. 709, the affiliation for Edward J O’Rourke should have read: c Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. References 1. Okasha A, Okasha T. Suicide and Islam. In: Wasserman D, Wasserman C, editors. Oxford textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention: a global perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009: 49-56. 2. Pettit JW, Lam AG, Voelz ZR, Walker RL, Perez M, Joiner TE et al. Perceived burdensomeness and lethality of suicide method among suicide completers in the People’s Republic of China. Omega 2002;45:57–67. 3. Kumar V. Burnt wives–a study of suicides. Burns 2003;29:31–5. doi:10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00235-8 PMID:12543042 4. Campbell EA, Guiao IZ. Muslim culture and female self-immolation: implications for global women’s health research and practice. Health Care Women Int 2004;25:782–93. doi:10.1080/07399330490503159 PMID:15513806 5. Canetto SS. Women and suicidal behavior: a cultural analysis. Am J Orthopsychiatry 2008;78:259–66. doi:10.1037/a0013973 PMID:18954189 6. Halbreich U, Alarcon RD, Calil H, Douki S, Gaszner P, Jadresic E et al. Culturally-sensitive complaints of depressions and anxieties in women. J Affect Disord 2007;102:159–76. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2006.09.033 PMID:17092564